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ArticleClinical and experimental hepatology2020

Study of predictive factors of complete response after chemoembolization for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in 162 patients.

El Hassani Younes, Hamdoun Fatima Zahra, Ben Maamar Soumaya, Lahlali Maria, Lahmidani Nada, Abid Hakima, El Fakir Samira, Haloua Meriem, Alami Badreddine, Hafidi Youssef and 6 more

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Article in Clinical and experimental hepatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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16 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

El Hassani YounesFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Hamdoun Fatima ZahraFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Ben Maamar SoumayaEpidemiology, Clinical Research and Community Health Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Lahlali MariaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Lahmidani NadaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Abid HakimaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
El Fakir SamiraEpidemiology, Clinical Research and Community Health Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Haloua MeriemFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Alami BadreddineFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Hafidi YoussefHassan II University Hospital, Central Pharmacy, Fez, Morocco.
Kamaoui ImaneFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed First University, Oujda, Morocco.
Boubbou MeryemFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Aqodad NoureddineFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Ibrahimi Sidi AdilFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Maaroufi MustaphaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Alaoui Lamrani Moulay YoussefFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University · MACentre Hospitalier Universitaire Hassan II · MAMohamed I University · MARégie Autonome Multi Services D'Agadir · MA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aim of the studyTo study clinical, laboratory and imaging features correlated with complete response (CR) to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) through 162 patients collected in Hassan II University Hospital of Fez. MATERIAL AND

methodsFrom January 2015 to December 2019, 162 patients diagnosed with 225 HCC were treated by TACE. Among them, 14 showed CR during the follow-up. Imaging response was evaluated using the modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST). A multivariate analysis was performed including demographic parameters, etiology, α-fetoprotein (AFP) rates, hepatic function scores, imaging and TACE features. In cases with complete response and remission, follow-up duration was considered from the first to the last imaging control showing no viable tumor and eventually nodule retraction.

resultsAmong the 162 patients with 225 nodules, 14 (9%) of them showed remission and 148 (91%) did not. There was no significant difference between the two groups in age, performance status (PS), AFP, nodularity, size nodule or number of TACE cures. Sex, etiology, Child-Pugh and MELD scores, location, BCLC stage and blush extinction were all found to have a significant impact on therapeutic response.

conclusionsThis study demonstrates that CR of HCC treated by TACE is strongly correlated with male sex, etiology (viral hepatitis C), location (segments VI and VII) and complete blush extinction on digital subtraction angiography (DSA). No significant correlation was found, particularly that of tumor size and segment IV (as a pejorative location).

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complete responseHCCTACE

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